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Evils of Watfr.Drinkfng.

Sir Henry Thompson, the great Eng
l;sh tccto:aler physician, who refuses to
treat any one in illness who drinks al.
coholic beverages, says, nevertheless,
that the only water which is perfectly
safe to drink, unless it has been boiled
or filtered, is natural mineral water. In
the shape of wriggling worm, invisible
to the eye, even when held to the light,
and only to be detected by the micro
scope, a watcr-drinkcr may have given
more permanent lodging to snake
than ever the hospitable whale gave to
Jonah. But an animalcule will grow
and thrive on the inside of the indis-
criminatc watcr-drinker who has swal-
lowed it until it feeds upon his vftals
and cxhausts his health and strength.
The victim wonders why he or she feels
so much discomfort in the stomach, loses
all appetite for food or else grows rave
oous, feels nervous, depressed, and in
capable of active duty. The unknown
and unsupported reptile stowaway,
swallowed weeks or mon tbs before, in
a glass Of impure water, is the cause,
and he who doubts the numerous cases
on record of inanition, or suspension OF
life, and apparent death from this
cause alone must be incapable of weigh
ing evidence. I have myself known a
young girl who died apparently and
remained cold and lifcless until put in
her coffin, when her mouth opened and
a small snake. some few inches long, ap-
pearcd. A French doctor, who had at
tended to the case, was fortunately
present, and drew the reptile out with
his fingers. After q brief interval, the
exhausted girl began to shuddcr, then
opened her eyes, AMI was thus rescued
from being buried alive. heard the
story not only from her own lips, but
from those of her father and mother,
and have not the slightest doubt of its
truth. Numbers of similar cases are
reported in medical journals. If the
mere swallowing of indigcstible food
will almost deprive a dyspcptic of the
use of his limbs and brain, how much
more must living reptile in the stomach
paralyzc and suspend the functions of
the human body?-[ Halls Journal of
Health.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-20
Performing Birds and Cats.

The men with the performing birds
have appeared On the street corners, says
the New York Times. The training of
the little songsters, who perform at
command all sorts OF gymnastic feats
and cunning tricks, working the flying
trapcz', hauling up from M imaginary
well and drinking out of a tiny bucket,
or pretending to die and lying motionless
until the police arc callel, is really re-
markablc, and is the result Of laborious
and patient instruction that might be
more proftably employed. An exhibitor
has appeared on the east side with two
trained cats. If all who witnessed the
exhibition paid anickel to see tho show,
the exhibitor might reap agood harvest,
but the small boys don't pay.
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of the chill,

1t is poor far Western town nova
days that hasn't 'boom" OF some kind :,
in which it expects the world to 6c very
much interested. This is the case with
the pleasant little town of Mexico,
Kansas; but for some reason or other
tac Kansas City papers ave failed to
notice the great Mexico ''boom." The
Mexico Ledger recently called them to
task for this, and said that they were
afraid Mexico would outstr:p Kansas
City. Then the Kansas City Times
made the ancndc ho ,orab'e by
pub ishiny this "boomlc,' from the
Ledger: u. A. Potts IS raising the floor
in Jackson 6 Ma s.y'> s ore and putting
in new front in Fcrris's store 1t
doesn't take Il large boom in the hu,tling
West to make great deal o! noise.
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Queer Fish in Arte.ian Wells.

Many curious fi,h have been brought
to light by the artcsian wells which are
being sunk from timc to time in various
narts of Florida. At the Ponce de Leon
well star fish of an unknown species were
found at a depth Of 1.O)O feet, and from
q we'll near Brooks Spring several small
fish, with scales OF variegatcd coors and
fins covered with shaggy coat OF hair.
were thrown up. At other places fish
that were totally blind were met with at
a depth of GOO to 1, 500 feet.
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A farmer named Orton, living near
Byhalia Miss, some time ago became
the father Of a child which is naturally
formed as far as tho 10 ly and lower
limbs are concerned, but whose head re-
scmAles that of rooster. On the top of
the head. which is narrow and runs up
into peak, is diminutivc comb of u
bright red color, and the nose looks like
the beak of a game cock. The eyes arc
smsi a ID pro,ubcrant, but the vision is
clear and distinct. The child is not old
enough to talk and his attempts to do so
sound exactly like ROSTERS crow. Mr..
and Mrs. Orton have several children
who are physically perfect and they are
much distressed by the strange dcformity
of the child.
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About Oranges.

"Thc orange is very deceptive fruit, !"
said Fulton Market fruit dealer this
morning. "In niue oranges out of ten
the more beautiful their outside appear
ance the poorer will be the quality o.
the fruit within. The deceptive oranges
are the result of allowing fruit to remain
on the trees to color after they are fully
develorcd. The young fruit on the
same tree abstract the juices from the
flu grown orange until nothing remains
but spongy, wool-like ball, covered
with a rough, thick, but brilliant COL
ored skin, which is OF no use except to
makers of JAM"
"We could not sell the Porto Rico va
riety of oranges were we to label them
as such," said Mr.. Hal, the Fulton
street fruit expert. "Peoplc have a
strong prejudice against them because
they arc shipped to this port in bulk
like so many cobble stones. The skin
on this variety is very thin and the
sound fruit quickly becomes tainted with
the flavor of its decayed neighbor. Yet,
when these oranges are shipped in small
packages they are one of the choicest
varieties to be found in market.
"How many varieties of oranges come
to New York2' asked the reporter.
1.-THE list is long one. 1t includes
the Havana, the Jamaica, the Porto
Rico, the Nassau, the Abbiecc, the
Louisiana and the Florida varieties.
The fruit from five different ports on
the Mediterranean Sea and the five diff
fercnt varieties from California are
classcd by dealers as summer fruit. All
these varieties of oranges come to the
port of New York. We can therefore
supply the world with oranges the year
round.-[ New York Sun.
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Snalisll GenerOsity.

If you visit Spauiard, he will place
his who.c house at your disposal. If you
admire anything in particular, or every
thing in general, it is yours. You are
not expected to accept it, and if from
Ignorance or absence of mind you do so,
you will find that presently he will send
for it back again. Nothingis more certain
than that in Spain friend will ofGer you
everything he has, himself into the
bargain; and it is equally certain that
everything has to be- graciously de-
cliucd, himself included. Il Argosy.
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Too Rocky for Him.

The town of Unity is a picturesque
tract of hill country in Western New
Hampshire. A good old clergyman,
living in an adjoining town, was one day
called upon by rural couple who wished
to be married. The proper ceremony
was duly performed, and then the min
lister gave them some fatherly eXhor-
tation and advice about their new
course. "Now that your lives are prom
iscd to each other truly and unsclfshly," !"
said he, 81 hope nothing will disturb
them, but that you will always live hap
pily in unity" "Wal, do know about
that, parson," objected the young man
doubtfully. "We'rc married, as you
say, and hope, WE'LL git along all right;
but as for liviu' in Unity, 1 never will
for it's the rockiest place I ever see in
all my born days!'-Youih's Compan-
ion
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EQUINE SOLDIERS.
How an Artilleryn1an Drilled
His Horses.
They 0beyed the Bugle'Calls and Gould
be Relied on in Battle.

"Iwas only young suoaltcrn when
the war broke out, but was Il
thorough artillery tactician. My
highest ambition was to have light
battery of my own, and 1 had no diff
Guilty in securing light battery OF New
York volunteer artillery. 1t was splen-
didly cq' ilpcd. There w'r; six ten
pound Parrot guns and twelve as fine
horses for guns and caissons as ever
went into the field. The men were
so green that they did not know the
muzz:c of a piece from the brcech, and
the horses were fresh from the farms,
many of them not even broken to har-
ness. I at once commenced drilling my
new command and IN an incredibly short
time it was pronounced ready by the
chief of artillery for active service In
the field. That battery became my
pride, and its proficiency in maneuvcr-
ing do not believe was ever excelled.
believed then, and still think, that there
is not prettier military command than
light artillery.
cit was the FIRST battery that I had
ever drilled from its inception. soon
found that the horses learned sooner
than the men. This was especially the
case respecting the bugle-calls. Just as
with the men, too, some of the horses
learned faster than others. Some OF
them had better cars for music, too;
and, while there were those who would
obey any bugle-call after executing the
mancuvcr few times, others, just like
the men, would never learn the meaning
of the notes. The most proficient
horses were always placed in the lead.
More than once I have dismounted the
men, and then with the buglc put the
battery through the most intricate ma
ncuvers, such as counter marching at
close intervals at gallop without
rider on the horses. had also taught
the two lead teams something not con-
tanned in the tactics, that was to lie
down in the traces at certain buge-
call. This little trick saved my guns at
the battle Of Fair Oaks on the 91st day
of May, 1862. The lead teams had been
ordered to lie down as soon as the firing
began. The cnemy's fire was high, but
no: far enough above them TO save the
pole teams. They were struck down,
but when we were forced to leave the
field there were enough of lead horses to
pull the guns off. All through that ter
lible sheet of fame and lead those
horses lay down, not very quietly OF
course, and when the bugle- call sounded
close to their ears, so as to be heard
above the din of battle, they sprang up
to their feet, and, many of them rider
less, executed the order to Timber up
and retreat. [Courier-Journal.
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A Oaeer Eagle In California.

For thirteen years an eagle has ma le
her nest in cave near Santa r ,sa, CAL,
and reared her young. As soon as they
are el | enough TO care for themselves she
disappears. and is not seen again uatil
the next year. The youn; do not fol-
low her but stay in the neighborhool I'M
til shot or driven away. In the spring,
when she com:s to blild her nest, sh'
flies directly over the cave TO: several
days, fying little lower each day until
at Inst she reaches the cave. After this
perhaps she is no. again seen for week,
when she comes out IN search of food.
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Judge Deadly, in the Un:tcd States
Circuit Court Of Oregon, has rendered
an important decision rs to the scope
and range Of the IateI-S ate Commerce
Act. The case under consideration WAS
that of the receiver of the Oregon and
California Railroad Company. ral ly-
ing wholly within the State Of Oregon.
He holds that ":hc Interstate Com
merce Act does not include or apply to
all carriers engaged in inter- State com.
merce, but only such as Use q railway Or
q railway and water craft under common
control or management for continucu;
carriage or shipment of property from
one State to another, nor docs it Apply
to the carriage Of property by raj! wholly
within the State, although shipped from
or destined to place without the S.atr,
so that such place is no: in a foreign
country.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-20

Wood oil is made on large scale in
Sweden from the refuse of timber cut
tings and forest clearings, and from
'tumps and roots; and, although it can
not we'll be burned in common lamps on
account of the heavy proportion of car
bon it contains, it furnishes satisfac-
tory light in lamps especially made for
it, and in its natural state is said to be
the cheapest Of illuminating oils. Thirty
factories produce about forty thousand
liters of the oil daily; turpcntinc, creo'
soto, acetic acid, coal tar oils, and other
useful substances are also obtained from
the same materials.
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Turning White,

A Colored man of the name of Wiley
Smith, of Boxer County, Ga, is said by
the Savannah News to be a physical
curiosity. Ten years ago he was one of
the b.ackcst men to be found in the
state, but to-day his skin is of light
gingcrlr:ad color. The change in him
was first noticed in his fngcr-tips,
whence it tspread up his arms and then
down his body. The backs of his
hands arc still quite black, and dark
spots still remain on his face and give it
7 strangely mottlcd appearance.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-20

DR.. Evans. the American dentist in
Paris, made set of teeth for an English
lady, the ivories being chosen from the
mouths of twenty Breton girls, who SUBJ
mitted to the extraction for pccuniary
compensation. Shortly after the set was
delivered the lady travelled to Mcntonc,
and was aroused from her bed by the re-
cent earthquake. She is now back in
Paris with sunken-in lips, having for
gotten her teeth in the escape from the
shaking Italian hotel. A fresh lot of
peasant girls with sound teeth are now
wanted.
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New York Bradstreet's contains an
interesting summary of some 5000 re-
ports sent to that journal, concerning
the number of persons employed in in
dustrial pursuits at the present time
compared with the number at work in
1885. together with the difference in
wages between now and two years ago.
According to the reports, there are at
this time at least 400, 900 more industrial
employees at work than in 1885, and the
receipts of labor arc back again to the
level of 1882, when the prosperous sea-
son which begun in 1879, was at its
height.
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Hone Through the Year.

III seasons tell Of hope throughout the
year
Tho airy, love-begetting spring that fills
The earth with laughter of her early rilIs;
Tho rosc-bright summer, heaped with golden
cheer,
And voiced with woodland echoes, crystal
clear;
And autumn, heaping sp,endor on the
hills;
And gay. white winter, with his song that
thrills
With hearty life, cen while the woods are
drear.
Then LIT US initiate tho year, and singl
Away with care Eyes were not made 10
weep.
Our hearts must beat with natures, and
must keep
Hope warm in wintertide as we'll as spring.
Come let us make all times, all seasons ring
With harmonies of hope, soul-stirred and
deep.
-TErnast w Shurileff.
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The Russian Soldier.

He is, under ordinary circumstances, a
soft-heartcd, good-natured fellow, but
there are savage instincts in his semi
barba,ous nature which render him capa-
bic of almost any brutality, if he is once
thoroughly excited. The awful atroci-
ties committed during the late persecu-
tions of the Jews are still fresh in our
minds, and bear witness to the savagcry
of the Russian peasant, and the treat
ment experienced by the Turcomans,
b,th after the capture of Khiva and the
fall of Cock Tepc, show that, in all
events in Asia, the authorities even en-
courage the worst passions of the soldier.
Perhaps Skobclcffs greatest quality as
successful General was his thorough ap-
probation of the peculiaritics of the men
he commanded. He had wonderful
hold on their sympathics, and he enjoyed
q popularity with the rank and file such
as no other Russian General has ever nc .
quired. 1t was Skobelef who conducted
the pursuit and marrying of the wrctched
Yomud Turcomans after Khiva, so viv-
idly described by his friend and ad-
mirer, the American correspondent
MacGahan; and it was SSobeletf who,
after the storming of Cock Tepe, and
rout Of its brave Tckke defenders, gave
twcnty-four hours complete liberty to
his excited soldiers to work their wicked
will on the persons and property of the
dcfcnsccss families of the dispersed
Turconans. Skobcleff thoroughly un-
dcrstood his men, and rc-establishcd his
control as deliberately as he permitted
unbridlcd license. For exactly twenty
four hours tho captors of Cock Tepc
were uncontrolled. Within six hours of
the termination of that period two sold
icrs were shot for trifl.n, crimes. This
circumstance, coupled with the fact of
Siobclcff's great popularity in the army,
gives n striking indication of the char
ncter of the Russian soldier, as judged
bv the man who knew him best. Black
wood.
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Just az Effective.

A paralytic young woman, who had
been unable to wax for years, was con-
v,ycd to revival m .cting one night re-
Gently, and during prayer she suddenly
arose, gave an car piercing shout,
climbed over three pews, gained the
aisle and made a dash for the pulpit. 1t
' as not another faith cure as many per-
sons in the congregation supposed. She
had simply seen mouse in her pew near
Lcr :e.t. = Norristown Herald.
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A curious photograph gallery is pre-
pared in the Baltic provinces. As a
means of checking horse stealing, a fav-
orite trade in the region, albums con-
tanning portraits of famous horse thieves
are distributed among police stations.
Whole families, women and young girls
appear in the albums.
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The Los Angeles, CAL, Tribune is call
Ing out to have the State Of California
divided. 1t may be only q coincidence,
but it is suggestive one, that the
Tribune at the same time regards Los
Angeles US the ideal capital for 4 great
atotp
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-07-20

A Washington correspondent says that
.hc friendship between the President
and Speaker Carlisle is on the increase
.nd adds: eff Morrison r. Waite
,hould retire while Cleveland Is in the
White House, Carlisle WI become Chief
Justice of the United States Supreme
Court ~
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Cowardice and superstition are so
closely allied tina. men hate to be called
slperstitious. But what shall be said of
tic Baltimore man who recently buried
his thirteenth wife and concluded not to
marry again2
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-12

all now living within ten miles OF each
orhcr. The mother Of this family is sun
living among her children, Is u years old,
ana has never taken a dose OF medicine
in her life. These people live in the neart
Of the turpeutIne country, ard their
happy condition certainly challenges all
doubt Of The perfect healthfu!ne6s OF
Geor4ia's pine forests.
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GOING SOUTH,

Leave Jacksonville (St. Augustine Divi-
sion) 9:05 a III, 100 p N, 400 pm.
Arrive st. Augustine (St. Augustine Divi-
sion) 10 80 a m. 2 80 y IN, 30 IN
GOING NORrH-Leaye TamUa S w D m
Cuban mall and $40 m; Orlando 1890
night, rs u m and :2S p IN; Sanford l:l5 a
IN, $3.50 IN aud gas m. arrive Palatka
4:l5 and II 80 a m, $3.50 p IN; Jacksonville 80
m, :2S and 40 p m, connecting for all
points North and West.
Leave ST. Augustine $500 m, 10 200 and go
y m. Arrive jacksonville 10000 a m, l;2O and
5:20p pm.
1880 p m Cuban mail train South has
through Pullman sleeper from New York 20
Tampa, and connects with steamers for Key
West and Havana Tuesday, Thursday and
SATURDAY. nights. 500 = m Cuban mali train
North vHSasI!ma an sleeper through to
Washington. N0""si8e OF cars between
Jacksonville and Tampa.
Direct connections with Florida Southern
Railway at Palatka for Gainesville, Ocala
and Leesburg, and with st. j, and II. x. X.
Tor Daytona. Al Titueville with steamer
"Rockledge" for all points on Indian river.
l.. G. DEMING. Gen. Ticket Agent.
NJ. II. MORAN, Gen. Supt.
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Charleston & Savannah Ry. TO-

CONNECTION made at Savannah VIZ WIN
~ Savannah, Florida and Western hSl'
way. \,
Trains leave and arrive at Savannah S 9i
standard time t90th meridIan), winch 1907
minutes slower than city time.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-12

THE steamships OF this COMPANY ara an
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JOINS HOPKINS, Capt. FOSTER, THURS.
DAY, March 81, at u NJ
named at BPM.
Through bills lsding given TO all points
West, all tho manufacturing towns in New
England. and 10 norts OF the United Kingdom
and the Continent.
INV ' JAS. B. WEST 8 CO., Agents,
ia HaY street.
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